With the Leaders Awards deadline coming very close (28th March) the submissions are starting to come in and fill up the office. With the total of nine regions being part…
WEBEX: THE LIVE ONLINE ENGINEER PRESENTATION EVENTS
For this 2017/2018 academic year, we have had a record number of schools (Early Years, Primary and Secondary) register for our nine regional awards so, to assist every school that…
Meet the Engineer event attracts huge interest amongst Edinburgh schools more than two hundred Edinburgh pupils and their teachers attended a Primary Engineer event hosted by the National Museum of…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER & THE SELF POURING GRAVY
Crackers In 1848, a British confectioner, Tom Smith, pioneered a new way to sell sweets. Inspired by the Parisian tradition of wrapping bon bons in twists of paper, Smith…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: SATELLITES & SATELLITES WITH CONCAVE MIRRORS TO REFLECT THE SUN’S LIGHT BACK TO SCOTLAND
Who invented satellites It all started with basketball-sized pack of technology known as Sputnik 1. The world’s first ever satellite was launched on October 4, 1957 by the Soviet…
Thomas Crapper “He started a business and created a legend” In 1861 Thomas Crapper started a plumbing and sanitary engineering business. He quickly gained a reputation for high quality…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FOOTBALL BOOTS & SWITCHY SOUL
Football boots The first pair of football boots noted in history are those made for King Henry VIII of England, who ordered a pair from his Great Wardrobe in…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE ALARM CLOCK & THE RUN AWAY CLOCK
The alarm clock Alarm clock: The first alarm clock was created in ancient Greece, by Ctesibus, a Hellenistic engineer and inventor. He developed an elaborate system of dropping pebbles on…
Slinky Richard James In 1943, naval engineer Richard James was trying to develop a spring that would support and stabilize sensitive equipment on ships. When one of the…
